LillyLyle/Count MelancholiaJun 23, 2024
RT'ed by William Gibson on Twitter:
and it's so very on the nose of the issue:
Show threadviqJun 23, 2024
@LillyHerself there's also the "please conserve water, don't take long baths etc", meanwhile golf courses and cooling for aforementioned AI.
Show threadZoyd
@viq @LillyHerself Similar to California when I lived there and they wanted us to conserve water when big agriculture sucked up the vast majority of the water.
Jun 23, 2024 at 12:53pmWeb
Show threadviqJun 23, 2024
@zoyd @LillyHerself I can at least somewhat understand "it's important if we want people to have food". "AI" is a solution looking for a problem at best, and golf courses are a toy.
Show threadZoydJun 23, 2024
@viq True. It is, though, just another example of where the system ignores the true solution in favor of corporate interests.
Show threadBagginsJun 23, 2024
@zoyd @viq @LillyHerself That's so you can have your almond milk.